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Future Watch 2024
Our annual Future Watch edition is now 116 pages packed with info examining the prospect pipeline for each NHL club and counting down the top 100 prospects in the game. In our NHL Team Reports, you'll find scouting reports for the top 10 prospects for each organization. In addition, we take an in-depth look at two teams with the best systems: the St. Louis Blues and Detroit Red Wings. And we also have features on several of the game's best youngsters, including Matvei Michkov, Will Smith, Liam Ohgren and Adam Gajan.
ARIZONA COYOTES
A 19-14-2 START GAVE promise that things were finally turning around for the long-suffering Coyotes, but it turned out to be another desert mirage, and they went into the all-star break in line for a top-10 pick. Again. “People get almost too excited about our team when they watch us play,” said Arizona GM Bill Armstrong. “There’s a lot of good watching the big club, but there’s still a lot of work to be done.” The Coyotes have 20 picks in the first three rounds of the next three drafts. You wonder what they’ll do with all these young players, but it’s not a terrible problem to have. A– | RANK: 2ND 1. DMITRIY SIMASHEV OVERALL 19 D, 19, 6-4, 201 Yaroslavl (KHL) 60–4–6–10–18 2023 draft, 6th overall It was a battle for Simashev to crack the lineup…
NCAA FREE AGENTS 2023
>COLLIN GRAF RW, Quinnipiac The leading scorer on the defending national champs, Graf also put up top numbers for the Bobcats last season. In the past, his light frame scared scouts away, but this year, they’ve seen more compete and battle level. He was smart to return for another year, and NHL teams will love his scoring touch and buy-in. >TIM LOVELL D, Arizona State Super-skilled offensive defenseman has now played three years for the Sun Devils after transferring out of Boston College. Lovell is very small by pro standards at 5-foot-10 and 165 pounds, so a team is really going to have to believe in his ability to produce. This year, the blueliner has put up more than a point per game. >RIESE GABER RW, North Dakota Clutch player who has been on the radar for a…
DETROIT RED WINGS
YOU HAVE TO BE of a certain age to remember those Orson Welles ads for a winery in which the legendary actor proclaimed that they would sell no wine before its time. In the world of the Detroit Red Wings, GM Steve Yzerman is filling the Welles role when it comes to the team’s future. He will call up no prospect before his time. Currently, five years into the ‘Yzer-Plan,’ as the Red Wings refer to the rebuild of the franchise under Yzerman’s tutelage, just two of his draft picks – defenseman Moritz Seider and right winger Lucas Raymond – are playing in Detroit. B+ | RANK: 6TH 1. SIMON EDVINSSON OVERALL 4 D, 21, 6-6, 215 Grand Rapids (AHL) 42–6–19–25–39 2021 draft, 6th overall The reports on Edvinsson are mostly positive as he plays his second season…
NEW MANDATE AIMS TO PREVENT SERIOUS INJURIES
IN THE WAKE OF Adam Johnson’s passing, USA Hockey has taken a significant step toward ensuring a similar tragedy doesn’t occur at the grassroots or junior levels of the game Stateside. In January, USA Hockey Congress approved legislation that will mandate “neck laceration protection for players in all age classifications, other than adults, in games and practices, as well as for on-ice officials under the age of 18.” The decisive action comes after Johnson, playing for the EIHL’s Nottingham Panthers, died on Oct. 28, 2023, as a result of a serious neck laceration caused by an errant skate. The 29-year-old played 13 games in the NHL with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and his career included stops in the AHL, SHL and DEL. “I know throughout our organization, the overwhelming opinion was that the…
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